Aechmea fendleri

Flower/Plant : Aechmea fendleri

Origin: Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago

Plant Type : Bromeliaceae

Season: Early Summer to Late Summer

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Aechmea fendleri is a species native to Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago that has a very colorful inflorescence. Mostly a green to lime-green in overall leaf color, this hardy species provides an inflorescence with its blue and red and purple colors.

Aechmea fendleri is a species of bromeliad in the genus Aechmea. This is an epiphytic plant whose natural environment is in the cloud forests at elevations of 900 to 4,500 feet. ‘Fendleri’ is a 3-foot, rosette shaped plant that has spreading spines on black edged green leaves reaching 32 inches long. The 1 foot high, pink, cylindrical inflorescence is branched high above the leaves with a sparse dusting of white while the pastel coloring extends to the flowers of violet-purple.


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